As much as I admire General Patton, I would have to say that his excellence was most admirably demonstrated on the field of battle and not behind a desk.
That is because he was a Real Man not an administrator, and definitely not a yes man.
Bavaria was the only region of Germany that had its power, water and sewer infrastructure restored within four months of the surrender. He had the lowest starvation death toll, and no looting.
Not bad for a warhorse.
He was prescient about the Russians, and had Ike followed his plan, the frontier of Russia would have started East of Poland somewhere.
See post 25.